1 Chronicles 1 1 Adam, Seth, Enosh, 2 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, 3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah.4 The sons of Noah: Shem, Ham and Japheth.

5 The sons of Japheth:Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.6 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.7 The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites.

8 The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan.9 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah and Sabteka.The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

10 Cush was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on earth.11 Egypt was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, 12 Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.

We Belong!1 Chronicles 1 - 9

Do you belong?How do you know you belong?

Why does it matter?

Belonging matters because it gives us an identity

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Task or history

Bobby Ann Willms

The Old and New Testament both give genealogies

A reminder that we belongWe belong to something bigger

than ourselves

1 Chronicles 1Adam, Seth, Enosh, 2 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, 3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah. 4 The sons of Noah: Shem, Ham and Japheth.

28 The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael. 34 Abraham was the father of Isaac.

The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

1 Chronicles 2These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

3 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan and Shelah. These three were born to him by a Canaanite woman.... 4 Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

1 Chronicles 3These were the sons of David born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was Amnon…2 the third, Absalom…David reigned in Jerusalem… 5 and these were the children born to him there: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan and Solomon.

Kings of Judah10 Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, 11 Jehoram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son…

1 Chronicles 5The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s marriage bed, his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel…

1 Chronicles 6The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. 2 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. 3 The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

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Benjamin was the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second son, Aharah the third, 2 Nohah the fourth and Rapha the fifth. 33 Ner was the father of Kish, Kish the father of Saul, and Saul the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab and Esh-Baal.

1 Chronicles 9…The people of Judah were taken captive to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness. 2 Now the first to resettle on their own property in their own towns were some Israelites, priests, Levites and temple servants. 3 Those from Judah, from Benjamin, and from Ephraim and Manasseh who lived in Jerusalem were:

The good, the bad and the ugly

Just like our families

Rape, incest and violence

Kings, priests and prophets

Peace and war

Times of obedience and times of faithlessness

Putting it all togetherWe belong…

To God’s familyTo a holy land; to a great heritageTo a historical culture of kings and

priests and prophetsTo a people who are sinful and crooked

Putting it all togetherWe have a beginning with creation

and with GodWe belong to God

No matter where we are, we belong

Putting it all togetherWe belong to a family greater than

ourselvesWe belong to a greater church familyAs New Testament people we belong

to Christ through the bloodOne day we will be welcomed in the

Promised Land

The Old and New Testament address it differently

But the assumptions are the same

You are my chosen people

You were bought at a price

1 Corinthians 619 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price…

1 Corinthians 723 You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

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